Heind Heidi Smith

About Heind Heidi Smith

Visionary operations leader and Transformation-ista. Thrives at the intersection of industry and the external environment to solve problems, create strategies, and remove barriers, to ensure improved access of medicines to patients in all communities, while maintaining regulatory and compliance principles. Innovative mindset identifies opportunities for improvement, leads multi-disciplinary teams through solution finding and continuously implements and refines based on input and results. Brings unique in-depth experience and knowledge from multiple perspectives to the drug development continuum from pre-clinical, clinical development, and medical affairs. Recruits, leads and continuously develops large, diverse teams. Adept at crafting a forward-looking strategy and managing complex operational challenges with a solution-minded approach to bring medicines to patients.

Experience

1. VP, Head Launch Excellence & Medical Operations, Us Medical Affairs

   Novartis

   Oct 2023 — Present

   Transformed the delivery and the strategy specific to the medical launch through Medical Intelligence, Data & Digital, Medical Capabilities Process & Impact, Scientific Communications including content creation, content review, medical information, grants and education, medical strategy and execution, project mgt group, and the set-up of the first Global Corporate Centers for US Medical Affairs to identify how we can scale capabilities and skills for the future not just today working across the Research Development and Commercial Continuum w a ONE team approach to get results and to deliver on financial targets.

Education

• Drew University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  1993 — 1996

• The George Washington University

  MS